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Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Acting1946San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series.

Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger.

Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987.

In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

Acting History

2023
Double Soul
as Michael Tedeschi
The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus
2022
2021
Memoria
Co-Producer
2020
The Drummer
as Mark Walker
black-ish
TVas Uncle Norman1 eps
2017
The Christmas Train
as Max Powers
Vagabonds
as Uncle Issa
Agents of Change
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Extortion
as Detective Constable Haagen
Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present Day
Cold Case Files
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)10 eps
That Summer
Executive Producer
Strong Island
Executive Producer
Zama
Co-Producer
2016
Monster Cars
as Mr. Weathers
Mr. Pig
as Ambrose
93 Days
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Gridlocked
as Sully
Diablo
as Benjamin Carver
Darkweb
as The Boss
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky
Mozart in the Jungle
TVas Mayor1 eps
Criminal Minds
TVas Hank Morgan1 eps
Shadow World
Executive Producer
2015
Checkmate
as Elohim
Toxin
as Dr. Locke
Andron
as Chancellor Gordon
Waffle Street
as Edward Collins
Consumed
as Hal Westbrook
2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie Pope
Beyond the Lights
as Captain Nicol
The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
Supremacy
as Mr. Walker
Rage
as Detective St. John
Chasing Shakespeare
as William Ward
Yellowbird
as Darius (voice)
2013
Extraction
as Harding
The Shift
as Floyd
Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie Shuffleton
Space Warriors
as Commander Phillips
Tula: The Revolt
as Shinishi
Ironside
TVas Frank Ironside1 eps
American Dad!
TVas Minstrel Krampus (voice)1 eps
2012
Sins
as Father Leonard
Hannah's Law
as Isom Dart
Casting By
as Self
Touch
TVas Professor Arthur Teller5 eps
The House I Live In
Executive Producer
2011
Mysteria
as Investigator
Mooz-lum
as Dean Francis
Donovan's Echo
as Donovan Matheson
Leverage
TVas Charlie Lawson1 eps
Psych
TVas Mel Hornsby1 eps
Dum Maaro Dum
Executive Producer
2009
The Harimaya Bridge
as Joseph Holder
Night Train
as Miles
2012
as President Thomas Wilson
My Name Is Earl
TVas Thomas1 eps
The Time That Remains
Associate Producer
2008
Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher
Agent Crush
as Major Rusty Gubbins
Blindness
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Gospel Hill
as John Malcolm
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
Trouble the Water
Executive Producer
Salt of This Sea
Co-Producer
2007
Honeydripper
as Tyrone Purvis
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice)
Brothers and Sisters
TVas Isaac Marshall6 eps
2006
Barnyard
as Miles (voice)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice)
The Shaggy Dog
as Ken Hollister
Dreamgirls
as Marty Madison
The Reichen Show
TVas Self1 eps
Today
TVas Self2 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
TVas Self1 eps
2005
Missing in America
as Jake Neely
Manderlay
as Wilhelm
ER
TVas Charlie Pratt Sr.4 eps
2004
Saw
as David Tapp
The Cookout
as Judge Crowley
Legend of Earthsea
TVas Ogion2 eps
2003
Good Fences
as Tom Spader
Good Fences
Producer
2002
The View
TVas Self3 eps
2001
3 A.M.
as Hershey
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman
3 A.M.
Executive Producer
1999
Hollywood Squares
TVas Self - Panelist15 eps
1998
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh
Beloved
as Paul D
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)
Antz
as Barbatus (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self1 eps
1997
The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
Switchback
as Bob Goodall
Gone Fishin'
as Gus Green
Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
1994
Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
1993
Bopha!
as Micah Mangena
Alex Haley's Queen
TVas Alec Haley3 eps
1991
Grand Canyon
as Simon
Pure Luck
as Raymond Campanella
Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TVas Dr. Apollo (voice)1 eps
1990
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
1989
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
Dead Man Walking
as Dr. Alex Marsh
Lonesome Dove
TVas Joshua Deets4 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)1 eps
1988
Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
1987
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh
1986
John Henry
as John Henry
Tall Tales & Legends
TVas John Henry1 eps
1985
Witness
as McFee
Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
1984
1983
Memorial Day
as Willie Monroe

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/22/1946(79 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA